Is it natural for a girl to act menopausal/pregnant while on birth control???!
Question: is it natural for a girl to act menopausal/pregnant while on birth control??? i mean when it comes to heat flashes and really dramatic mood changes, and being really emotional. is this because of birth control? i'm new on it, only been on it for about a month, and i'm not sure if this is the cause. please help
Answers: is it natural for a girl to act menopausal/pregnant while on birth control??? i mean when it comes to heat flashes and really dramatic mood changes, and being really emotional. is this because of birth control? i'm new on it, only been on it for about a month, and i'm not sure if this is the cause. please help
I know the mood changes can be a side effect. I've never heard of heat flushes but I guess it's possible. Are they listed in the pill information packet as being a side effect?
Most side effects disappear after 3 months or so of being on the medication. So either you can wait it out, or if they're too bad to deal with, go back to your doctor to discuss them and she can investigate what might be the cause, and prescribe another pill if necessary.
hmmm heard of the mood swings and mood changes and emotion stuff (lived it...through 4 different birth control prescriptions), but not hot flashes. However, that's not to say that they can't be related.
When I wasn't on birth control, I'd get hot/cold flashes whenever I had my period (people ACTUALLY thought I was going through menopause)...and actually now that I think about it, on my previous prescription, when I got my period (even though I was on my active pills still!), I had my normal hot/cold flashes. Now that I think about it in even more depth, a number of months ago I was taken off of one prescription due to severe depression and put onto another...only for a week and a half due to blood clot issues, but when I was taken off that second prescription and had my "period" I had my regular hot/cold flashes.
I've been told that I might have endometriosis...but the ONLY way to tell for sure that you have endo, is by laparscopy. My gyno told me that my hot/cold flashes could be related to endo too (because there is no "exact" symptom for endo, it's incredibly difficult to diagnose).
If everything gets to a point beyond what you can cope with, then contact your doctor about it. As I say, it may or may not be related...never heard of the hot flashes being related to the pill but you never know!